Although the piece is missing its share of tacks, all of them are the correct square bottom style tack. The piece is also carved along the edges and appears to have been vegetable dyed red at some point although this is barley visible overall. This is a very early piece circa 1850. Native Americana is a subjective field and as such we do not guarantee the dates given to each item nor do we guarantee that each item appears now as it did when created as most Native American artifacts were added to or detracted from during their history.